Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside

sbane Street. He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner. Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy

ey down to inspect her future home, and the ladies' comments had fi

ea that I knew something about neatness and comfort and packing, but this"-with a wave of the hand which comprehended the cabin she was standing in, and the Torch generally, and Captain Cathie-"this puts me to shame. I shall never want to live on shore again," and Capta

foremost among them the Colonial Secretary and the Earl of Selsea, who had both com

he Secretary in the train, as he lit

e world," said his friend. "You don't realise it in all its h

the positions they occupy? I was at Eton with B-- and at Oxford. He alway

ch needs the very b

into some kind of shape. As it is, I always want to get up and ask him to come outside into the park with me just for ten minutes or so. It was the one argumen

e get him to s

Some men are born dense, and some grow denser as they grow older. B--'s both. He wan

through slums and dockyards till they stood on the deck of the Torch, where Jean, and Au

und upon, Mrs. Blair," said the Secr

e said exuberantly. "If you'll only

rested with me.

here am I?"

who would willingly, in the light of Jean's br

him," which was a highly improper remark to fall from the lips of a philanthropic nobleman. But t

u will," she

fe out of him?" lau

he won't to

ngly comfortable room, fitted in bird's-eye maple with fine woven cane

exclaimed, but at the arm-racks ranged round t

how you something else," and he led the two gentlemen along the deck to a longboat,

nd the Secretary bent and peeped, and st

, Mr. Blair. That's an odd pa

gunner. Yes, we mean business. But this business"-patting the long gun's cover-"only in case

the right man is in the right place. We will do everything we possibly can to furt

verything. Even if one is prepared to tackle one's problems with an iron grip,

s lightly, and gave them even fuller glimpse than he had ever yet done of his ultimate hopes; and, waxing eloquent, held them spellbound at the magnitude of the far-reaching possibilities. And to all, Jean's eloquent face

said the Secretary, as he ne

him. May he live to see hi

g to come in contact with enthusiasm such as th

level head-a fi

on a mountain top. I wish we could swop B-- fo

don't! The contra